Correspondence from a two-century span of American wars, from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror. Several feature audio recordings, including Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., reading the letter he wrote home about his experiences as a POW in World War II.
This American president was known as the “Little Magician” and the “Red Fox of Kinderhook.”
The Battle of Ox Hill or Chantilly, in Virginia, has been commemorated with a new battlefield park along Rt. 608. The Sept. 1, 1862, battle was fought in a rainstorm and resulted in the death of Union generals Philip Kearny and Isaac Stevens.
On the American Revolution, he wrote: “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.”
A conflict between troops of these countries came to be known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.
Award-winning author Tony Hillerman spoke to Wild West magazine in June 2008, a few months before his death. Here, he discusses his World War II experiences, how he became attracted to Navajo culture, and the inspiration for his popular characters.
Bernardo O’Higgins led this country to independence.
This is the approximate number of Hessian mercenaries that fought for the British during the American Revolution.
His motto was “The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”
As commander of the Army of the West during the Mexican War, he captured Santa Fe in August 1846 without a shot being fired.
